ABSTRAITE PAINTING - Karl Otto GÖTZ(or GOETZ, 1914-2017,German abstract painter of the "informal abstraction" movement) / German typewritten card signed by himself, with added address, on the back of an original wood, Frankfurt, August 18, 1952, with postage, to the French painter Camille BRYEN(1907-1977 of the "lyrical abstraction" movement): He thanks him for his letter and looks forward to meeting him on September 27 at his exhibition and greeting Monsieur Jaguer (nb: Götz was then exhibiting at theZimmergalerie Franckin Frankfurt, whose stamp he affixes to his card - Bryen will succeed him in September).

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